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I\u2019m James F. McGrath, and I teach religion at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States.<\/p>\n

I blog about some of my research and teaching interests (such as the historical figure of Jesus, the intersection of religion and science, evolution, young-earth creationism and Intelligent Design, and religion and science fiction) as well as side interests and things I find amusing. <\/p>\n

The folks at Patheos are working on moving the archives of my blog here, but if you\u2019ve just found this blog for the first time and are wondering whether you are likely to find it worth returning to, feel free to pay a visit to Exploring Our Matrix on Blogger<\/a> and take a look at what\u2019s there. Only the location of my blog is changing \u2013 my interests and sense of humor, for better or worse, remain the same, and so what you find over there is what you can expect here in days to come.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"